VOA慢速英语2012 EXPLORATIONS - Lighthouses Keep Watch Over the North Carolina Coast

EXPLORATIONS - Lighthouses Keep Watch Over the North Carolina Coast This is Shirley Griffith. And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about the lighthouses that protect ships sailing along the coast o

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Lighthouses Keep Watch Over the North Carolina Coast This is Shirley Griffith. And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about the lighthouses that protect ships sailing along the coast of North Carolin

VOA标准英语2011--Tropical Storm Lee to Soak US Gulf Coast

Tropical Storm Lee to Soak US Gulf Coast The U.S. Gulf Coast is getting a major soaking this weekend from Tropical Storm Lee. The storm is expected to dump as much as 50 centimeters of rain in parts of the southern states of Louisiana, Mississippi an

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Night Vision And Humans: Why Cant We See Color? When we are in a fairly dark room, or outside at night away from lights, we can still see, but we cant see the colors of things very well. Why is that? There are two kinds of light-sensitive organs loca

双语有声阅读:Improving Industrial efficiency through Ro

Robots, becoming increasingly prevalent in factories and industrial plants throughout the developed world, are programmed and engineered to perform industrial tasks without human intervention. Most of today's robots are employed in the automotive ind

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Pronouns and Their Antecedents Today were going to talk about pronouns that don't clearly match up with the nouns they are supposed to replace. Readers become unhappy when they have to guess what noun a writer is talking about, or readers may even ch

VOA标准英语2012--Century-Old Sailor Songs Delight Crowds

Century-Old Sailor Songs Delight Crowds Peter Kasin has been on staff with San Francisco's Maritime National Historical Park for 20 years. Like other park rangers, he escorts sightseers and ensures their safety during their visits. But there's one pa

2006年VOA标准英语-Video Sheds Little Light on Mystery of Uzbek Ma

By Gary Thomas Washington 23 June 2006 Videotape has surfaced in the West of the hours leading up to a reported massacre in the town of Andijon in Uzbekistan just over one year ago. Human rights groups have said the Uzbek government indiscriminately

好听的英文歌曲：Indescribable Night - Kate St.John

A veil has lifted that shrouded my eyes 眼前的面纱 已经揭开 The folds that lay over me no longer lie 身上的禁锢 已不复存在 Your infinity is revealed to me 永远的你 就在我的面前 It shines in your infinite smile 常在我的笑

VOA标准英语2011--Artist Uses Light to Enchant Museum Goer

Kinetic artist Carlos Cruz-Diez was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, but has spent half of his 87 years in Paris. There he developed a worldwide following for works that challenge how we see color. His illusion-filled pieces are now on display

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Are Tanning Beds Safe? Millions of people go to tanning salons, some to get a base tan before they go away on a beach vacation. The idea of the base tan is that it will protect you from burning on your sun excursion, so that what you end up with is a

英语听力文摘 English Digest 481、日出日落,傻傻分不清楚

Sunrise or Sunset? Yal: Don? Don: Yes, Yal? Y: We've been in this art museum for 5 hours now. And you've spent the whole time staring at that one photograph of sunset. D: Are you sure? Y: Of course I'm sure. You haven't budged. D: But are you sure it

英语听力文摘 English Digest 497、像雾一样的固体物质

Frozen Smoke 固体烟 Male: What's as light as smoke but strong as a brick? Female: I'm gonna take a while guess and say... aerogel ? Male: Sorry,yaoyao,the answer is... Wait a second! Did you say aerogel ? How did you know? F:Yeap! Did you know tha

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More and more women have began smoking in the last few decades. One of the reasons is savvy marketing as Don explains to Yael in this Moment of Science. D: Yael, what's that in your hand? Y: Come on, Don. Haven't you seen a cigarette before? Every da

英语听力文摘 English Digest 150、女人吸烟

D: Yael, what's that in your hand? Y: Come on, Don. Haven't you seen a cigarette before? Every day in the United States, about 1500 girls begin smoking, and I figured, why not do my share? D: But Yael, don't you know that tobacco kills more than 140,

英语听力文摘 English Digest 167、Don’t Try This at Home!

Dont Try This at Home! Heres a hypothetical scenario that is to remain hypothetical. In other words, dont do this. Okay. Youre cruising along a desert highway in your souped-up roadster, leaving the roadrunners in the dust. Unfortunately, you are not

英语听力文摘 English Digest 194、limelight的起源

Where Does The Term'Limelight'Originate You're in the limelight now on this moment of science. If someone loves being in the limelight, that means they enjoy being the center of attention. We use the word now to mean social prominence, but have you e

英语听力文摘 English Digest 195、高强度气体放电灯

Why Are Some Headlights Blue-High Intensity Discharge Lamps 高强度气体放电（High-intensity discharge，简称HID）灯泡包含了下列这些种类的电灯：水银灯、金属卤化灯（也称作HQI）、高压钠灯、低压钠灯、高压

英语听力文摘 English Digest 256、迅捷的外星人

Zippy Aliens 爱因斯坦的狭义相对论认为物体的运动速度越接近光速，时间越慢。在1971年，物理学家理查德基廷和乔伊哈夫勒验证了这个假想。他们将4个极为精确的原子钟放在一架普通航行的飞

英语听力文摘 English Digest 267、火是什么？

What Is Fire? 火是物质燃烧过程中散发出光和热的现象，是能量释放的一种方式。火焰分为焰心、中焰和外焰，温度由内向外依次增高。燃烧过程必须有可燃物、燃点温度、氧化剂三项并存，缺一